American Historical Proverb: "Those who do not remember history are
doomed to repeat it."

Robert Silks, who had been condemned
in the Bishop's court as a heretic, made his escape out of prison, but was
taken two years afterward, and brought back to Coventry, where he was burnt
alive. The sheriffs always seized the goods of the martyrs for their own use,
so that their wives and children were left to starve. In 1532, Thomas Harding,
who with his wife, had been accused of heresy, was brought before the Bishop
of Lincoln, and condemned for a denying the real presence in the Sacrament.
He was then chained to a stake ... and when they had set fire to the fagots,
one of the spectators dashed out his brains with a billet. The priests told
the people that whoever brought fagots to burn heretics would have an indulgence
to commit sins for forty days.

Thomas Bilney, professor of civil law at Cambridge
... was brought before the Bishop a second time, and condemned to death. Before
he went to the stake, he confessed his adherence to those opinions which Luther
held; and, when at it, he smiled and said, 'I have had many storms in this
world, but now my vessel will soon be on shore in heaven'. He stood unmoved
in the flames, crying out, 'Jesus, I believe'; and these were the last words
he was heard to utter.

The next person to suffered in this reign was James
Baynham, a reputable citizen in London, who had married the widow of a gentleman
in the Temple. When chained to the stake, he embraced the fagots and said,
'Oh, ye papists, behold! Ye look for miracles; here now may you see a miracle:
for in this fire, I feel no more pain than if I were in bed; for it is as
sweet to me as a bed of roses'. Thus he resigned his soul into the hands of
his Redeemer. ["Fox's
Book of Martyrs", p. 193-4]

As
the current crop of Evangelical Christian leaders move their flocks steadily
towards a rapprochement with the Roman Catholic Beast, we must keep her horrid
history alive in our minds and in the minds of many undiscerning people. As
the Bible stated so clearly: "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the
leopard his spots?' [Jer 13:23]

Be assured that the Roman Catholic Church has not changed her spots, and
that the Pope is planned to be the False Prophet of the coming New World Order
Religion, the Second Beast of Revelation 13 (NEWS1052).

The First Roman Catholic Church used the Inquisition to kill over 70 million
Christians; the Second Roman Catholic Church, serving Antichrist, will kill
over one billion genuine Christians. Remember this fact if you are a member
of a church encouraging a rapprochement with Rome, or calling Catholics "fellow
believers in Christ".

---------- New Articles Posted This Week ----------

Video
- Book*
" 'NATIONAL TREASURE' MOVIE: FREEMASONRY'S
NATIONAL HERITAGE STORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS SEEN THROUGH THE
EYES OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS" - Just as an onion
has a thin outer layer, followed by many layers of the real onion, National
Treasure has a thin outer facade, followed by layers of ever-deeper meaning.
When you reach the final layer, the message is clear: America's national heritage
was established by our Masonic Founding Fathers to extend through the Knights
Templars secret societies back to Ancient Egypt! Our national cultural and
religious heritage goes straight to the Egyptian Mysteries, whom Almighty
God cursed and destroyed as He used Moses to deliver Israel from bondage.

VHS
or DVD*
"THE WORLD IS HURTLING TOWARD THE FINAL
BIRTH PANGS WAR -- WORLD WAR III -- TO WHICH ALMOST ALL EVANGELICAL LEADERS
HAVE BEEN SPIRITUALLY BLINDED" -- "Speak
to us smooth illusions" [Isaiah 30:10] is the desire
of too many pastors, while Jesus is lamenting, "You did not know the
time of your visitation" [Luke 19:44] Too many pastors refuse to believe
that the unparalleled deception foretold in Matthew 24:24 really applies to
today's events and leaders. -- n1981.cfm

*
"AMERICA'S RICHARD ARMITAGE -- INTERNATIONAL
POWER BROKER -- AND THE PAKISTANI I.S.I. (INTELLIGENCE SERVICES)"
- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage will soon be resigning, leaving
him free to complete THE Illuminati plan for all Eurasia, of which Pakistan
is key. Guest column by By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D. - n1985.cfm

* "SKULL & BONES SYMBOL IS FINALLY
UNDERSTOOD! IT IS A "MAGICAL SYMBOL" HIDING A MOST IMPORTANT INNER
NUMERIC MEANING --- 666": Using the method of numeric
calculation utilized by all occultists, we can now reveal that the Skull &
Bones logo is a typical "Magical Symbol" whose inner meaning is
"666". Once and for all, we have concrete, public evidence that
Skull & Bones is the Black Magick secret society serving Satan and striving
to produce Antichrist -- just as we have been saying all along. - n1980.cfm

* "WHEN UFO'S ARRIVE: POPULAR MECHANICS
CONDITIONS ITS READERS TO ACCEPT THE REALITY OF UFO'S AND THE ALIENS THEY
WILL BE CARRYING" -- New Age adherents are claiming
that Aliens do exist, and are attempting to help lead us Earthlings into the
new, higher levels of consciousness that will allow The Christ to appear.
William Cooper tells us of the importance of Aliens in the appearance of Antichrist.
"Can you imagine what will happen if ... Extraterrestrials land on the
White House lawn ... and the Messiah presents himself to the world, and all
in a very short period of time?" ["Behold
A Pale Horse", p. 177] -- ../news/n1912.cfm

--------Focus: Key Doctrinal Truth----------"Infinity
of God"

"The
infinity of God is that perfection of God by which He is free from all limitations
(Berkhof, Systematic Theology, p. 59)". Obviously,
the finite mind cannot define the infinite, for to define is to circumscribe,
or set the limits of that which is defined. We can only receive the self-revelation
of the infinite God, which describes His perfection. This self-revelation
indicates that God's infinity is not a boundless extension of God throughout
the universe, as if part of Him were in one place and part in another. God
is pure spirit (John 4:24) and therefore has no body and no extension. He
is the uncontained and boundless One, Who transcends His creation, and is
not confused with it (as Pantheism teaches), or limited by it (as all forms
of Rationalism imply). ["Dictionary
of Theological Terms: Ready Reference of Over 800 Theological and Doctrinal
Terms", by Alan Cairns, p. 234]

---------- Bookstore Resource Update ----------

VHS
or DVD*
"Welcome To World War III and the Coming
New World Order" -- -- Is this attack
on Iraq designed to be the trigger for World War III? Will Iraq become desolate
forever as prophesied in Jeremiah? Find out how and why Russia is still a
deadly threat to the U.S. Discover Chinese missiles aimed at U.S. cities,
and the strong will of the Chinese leadership determined to wage war with
the U.s. sooner rather than later. Dave Wegener speaks to the issue of whether
the new bio-chip is the Mark of the Beast. Discover how Homeland Security
will affect you very soon. by David Wegener, Hope For America.

*
"History of American Education: From Harvard
Scholars to Worker-Bees" - DVD
- VHS
- In this eye-opening video, based on Psalm 78 and Judges 2:10, you will learn
about America’s first school, first school law, first school text book,
first teachers’ union, and their Christian foundations. Try to pass
a first grade test from New England Primer and Webster’s Blue-Backed
Speller. Discover classic McGuffey Readers and Webster’s 1828 Dictionary.
See Americans’ first law-books, Blackstone’s Commentaries on Law,
that used Bible verses for footnotes.

See what caused the radical turning point of the ‘Dumbing down of education’
by two left-wing socialists, Horace Mann and John Dewey, in the mid 1800's
and early 1900's. You will be shocked by ‘Prayer Police’ in our
schools, a textbook with a ‘Witch License Application,’ and a
tenth grade English assignment on ‘How to kill your best friend’
plus the myth of ‘Separation of Church and State’. Discover the
horrifying agenda of the National Education Association, Kinsey Institute,
S.I.E.C.U.S., and also the homosexual agenda to teach preschoolers the ‘ABC’s
of being gay’ and first graders’ ‘Gay-Ed for Tots’.

See how the gradual infiltration of secular humanism, values clarification,
situation ethics, alternative lifestyles, progressive education, and behavior
modification led to well orchestrated take-over of our schools.

See an 18 page letter to Hillary Clinton on how to take over our schools
Marxist-Lenist style. Understand the real role of ‘Goals 2000' and ‘School-To-Work’.
Learn how U.N. ‘World Core Curriculum’ and its philosophy came
from a ‘demon spirit guide’ through a channeler named Annie Besant.
- Two full hours

DVD
- VHS* "Educate or Enslave: Changing
Our Children's World View" -- - Three
United Nations Programs: Outcome Based Education, Goals 2000, School-to-Work
-- These cradle-to-grave "improvement" plans are designed to reshape
our national values and belief systems through our children. This video covers
the origin of all these programs, showing how they are designed to completely
change the values systems and worldview of our precious children.
Throughout the Clinton and Bush Administrations, these UN programs steadily
made inroads into our educational curricula, reshaping the minds of our precious
children into "Global Citizens". - 2 hours, 20 minutes

Book
- VHS
- DVD*
"World Dominion-From The Tower of Babel
To The Mark of the Beast" -- This hard-hitting expose'
"World Dominion" will inform you about the One World Government,
Military, Religious, and Economic System that will be ruled by Anti-Christ
(Rev 13). See how the stage is being set right before your eyes. Learn of
the deceptive World Constitution, Earth Charter, unconstitutional Executive
Orders, Global Biodiversity Treaty, State of the World Forum presentations
by Mikhail Gorbachev, and many other documents promising to usher in a New
World Order Utopia. Understand the true agenda of the U.N. - the sinister
International Criminal Court, World Court, World Trade Organization, World
Bank, and International Monetary Fund. Become informed on what could happen
to about 50% of American land through United Nations Biosphere Reserves, World
Heritage Sites, and the Wildlands Project. Take a tour of the U.N. to see
their goal of 'peace and safety' has nothing to do with true peace, but world
control and domination.

Be informed of the U.N. Meditation Room, its stone alter, and how it is dedicated
to the god man worships under many names and forms.

Discover the plan and a global document entitled, ‘Global Ethic’
uniting all worlds’ religions. See the role of the Parliament of World
Religions, Lucis Trust, United Religions Initiative, and the Theosophical
Society. See the ‘World Scripture’ that is a spiritual smorgasbord
of every religion, belief, tradition, and sacred text under the sun. Learn
how the World Economy is coming together as prophesied in Daniel chapters
two and seven

Understand how Anti-Christ will identify, track, and locate billions of people
left on Planet Earth through global surveillance, super computers, biometric
recognition, and microchip implants. See the world’s first cyborg (Kevin
Warwick), bellybutton chips for babies, Digital Angel implants, and the most
frightening microchip, the Soul Catcher 2025. Receive an in-depth study on
the ‘Mark of the Beast’ and ‘666'.

This information will change your life, priorities, and thinking. Shows a
person how to receive God’s gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ

*
"Behold A Pale Horse: One of THE Books
Exposing Illuminati Plan" -
Book - Cooper writes about the coming New World Order, and the
Plan, which the "Power Elite" of this country and this world are
implementing, that will bring about the Global Government, Economy, and Religion.
Cooper is dead set against this coming global government, and urgently shows
how the Plan is proceeding NOW.
Cooper provides much first hand information based upon his career in U.S.
Naval Intelligence, on the energetic leadership our Government is providing
to implement this global system of Government, Economy, and Religion.

Former Satanists -- as well as New Age adherents -- consider this book to
be THE most important insider revelation concerning the plan to produce the
New World Order in all its violence, death and destruction -- This is the
most quoted book on the Illuminati in Cutting Edge -- 501 pages

*
"Extraterrestrials: What On Earth Is Going
On?" - Book-- From the beginning of our study of the Illuminati Plan, we discovered
that Aliens, Extraterrestrials, and UFO's form an integral part of the plan
of deception which will accompany the appearance of Antichrist. This book
details the many ways in which we are being conditioned to accept the existence
of Aliens and to believe them when they urge all of mankind to follow and
to worship Antichrist.
Since the wealth of information about extraterrestrials is found in New Age
literature, that is where Mark Hitchcock goes to trace the root of this massive,
global deception. This deception began in 1975 when the New Age Religion went
public, and has simply accelerated since that point, using all types of Mass
Media to condition the people: TV, movies, books

238 pages, originally published 1997; Save $5 with this sale price

*
"Entertaining Spirits Unaware"
- Booklet
- Regularly $2.49, On Sale $1.49, Save $1.00 -- Though sometimes
subtly, occultism such as witchcraft and the New Age movement are undoubtedly
infiltrating and often capturing the masses today. Throughout recorded history,
Satan has consistently enticed mankind into his dark, supernatural realm.
Aided by man's sin-driven quest for control, power, and self-enlightenment,
Lucifer's lure has been quite successful.
Occultic beliefs seem to be exploding around us and the alleged "knowledge"
of the modern-day occultist is once again sought, perhaps as never before.
In a time when psychic hotlines, astrology, and witchcraft seem to be the
norm, and when our children find their entertainment inundated with occult
practices, extreme violence, and heroes such as the fictional boy-wizard,
Harry Potter, Bible believers are indeed living in the last days. Following
Peter's admonition to be "sober and vigilant" is surely an important
and appropriate warning to us, for certainly our enemy is prowling about seeking
whom he may devour before his time is gone.

We contend that the Christian, armed with God's Word and cognizant of the
time in which we live, will not be overcome.

DVD-
VHS*
"Masonic
Demolay: Kindergarten For Satanism" -- -
DeMolay is the boys' order in the Masonic fraternity. Is it really a place
to build character? The DeMolay organization is one of the most dangerous
societies on earth -- and it is aimed directly at your precious child. Consider
the spiritual bondage inherent in DeMolay: 1) Places young man back under
the spiritual headship of Freemasons; 2) Lionizes Jacques Demolay, setting
him up as a hero when he really was guilty of worshipping Baphomet and sodomizing
young men; 3) Some of rituals, signs and gestures are out of the Ancient Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn, one of the most powerful of all Satanic covens.
Remember, the DeMolay's most famous alumnus is Bill Clinton! New Age author
Bill Cooper ("Behold
A Pale Horse") states that no one gets promoted in
American Intelligence unless they are a member of Freemasonry. Cooper's only
experience with Masonry was DeMolay as a young boy.

*
"9/11: The Greatest Lie Ever Sold - Painful
Deceptions - Preparing Us For The Next Terror Attack"
- DVD
- VHS- The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001 could have
only been prevented by exposing the creators of the first Trade Center bombing
in 1993. We failed to make it "Public Knowledge" that the 1993 bombing
was encouraged by "Agent Provocateurs" of the FBI. Worse, American
taxpayers paid for that 1993 bomb. Worse still, since 9/11/2001, most of America's
undiscerning people "bought the lie" that 19 angered Arabs, working
for Osama bin Laden, carried out the greatest act of terror in our history.
The stark, raw reality is that the official 9/11 story has become the 'Greatest
Lie Ever Sold", plus we are being prepared for the next staged event,
which will collapse our entire Constitutional system!

Skull
& Bones' Bush is steadily moving us into a severe police
state in order to reach the ultimate goal -- a dictatorial New World Order.
Two hours of documentary which took two years to produce!

"Prime Minister Ariel Sharon intends to ask Labor chairman Shimon Peres
to run the country together with him in a new 'super-deputy premiership',
that would grant Peres vast powers, beyond those enjoyed by any no. 2 to the
prime minister before ... Sharon praised Peres in a meeting with newspaper
editors in Tel Aviv, saying that he has known him for 51 years and extolling
his contributions in every possible field from nearly every cabinet position,
including prime minister. Sharon, who is 76, hinted about a key role for the
81-year-old Peres when he said, 'The people of our generation have on their
shoulders the responsibility to resolve the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict'."

Noted Jewish author, Barry Chamish, has repeatedly stated that one of the
dirty little secrets in Israel is that Sharon and Peres are life-long friends
who regularly and quietly get together at least once weekly. The labels each
of these men wear is just as worthless as the labels our politicians wear!
Sharon is not really "Conservative" and Peres is not really "Liberal",
for both of them are equally committed to the New World Order Plan and Israel's
part in it.

Both men are committed to the apocalyptic vision of the 1993 Oslo Accords,
where Israel will seemingly hand over significant portions of her land to
a hostile Palestinian enemy, only so she can separate the Jewish population
from the Palestinian; once this population separation is completed, Israel
can then move to fulfill Obadiah 15-18 and Ezekiel 34 (NEWS1422
and NEWS1620
explain fully).

However, the major point to be made here is that this Oslo Accords Plan is
now continuing through yet one more "change of ministers", which
fulfills the classic Jeffersonian definition of a conspiracy. (NEWS1911,
"PROOFS OF A CONSPIRACY: OSLO ACCORDS WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IN 1993
TO GIVE LARGE CHUNKS OF ISRAEL BACK TO THE PALESTINIANS -- EXACTLY WHERE "HARDLINER"
SHARON IS HEADING NOW")

For the past year, Prime Minister Sharon has been waging a deliberate political
campaign against his Likud Party, which assumed the form of a traditional
"Dialectic Struggle".
Sharon repeatedly warned his own Conservative Likud Party that they had better
support him in his policy of unilaterally withdrawing Israeli forces from
the Gaza Strip and selected areas of the West Bank, or he would turn to the
hated Liberal Labor Party for support. At each turn of this contrived struggle,
Sharon took positions he knew Likud members could not accept and still be
true to their loyal constituents, simply because he wanted this "National
Unity" government.

Indeed, in the end, Sharon turned to Labor without even consulting Likud
Party leadership.

"Though the Likud Central Committee has rejected the option of including
Labor in the government without at least one religious party, Sharon has already
begun negotiations with Labor. The Committee is scheduled to convene next
week to vote on the move. Significantly, Sharon has refused to say that he
would honor whatever decision is made in that forum ... Sharon .... has said
that all future coalition partners must agree in advance to support the disengagement
... The Prime Minister said yesterday that Arafat's death will not impede
the disengagement. Though he hopes that Arafat's successors will enable the
renewal of talks with Israel, he emphasized that 'the disengagement will take
place, period'."

Next, The Jerusalem Post reported the script which Sharon and Peres are following
to establish their coveted "National Unity" government:

"The following script seems to have been written in the November 23
meeting between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and opposition leader Shimon Peres.
1) Sharon and Peres decided that they can no longer bear not sitting together
in the same government; 2) Sharon told Peres that the Likud will not allow
Labor to join the government, except if Shinui leaves first; 3) Peres spoke
afterwards to Lapid and convinced him to insist that Sharon bring Labor into
the government; 4) Sharon, meanwhile, ordered the Likud to reach a deal with
United Torah Judaism on the budget that would anger Shinui and give them an
excuse to leave the government as heroes to their secularist voters."

"So far, mission accomplished. Now Sharon and Peres have embarked on
the second act: convincing their reluctant parties to play along with the
script. Sharon and Peres believe that if they can just survive their respective
central committees, they can proceed to the final act: two old friends riding
off into the sunset, Nobel Peace Prizes in hand." [NOTE: Placing of numerical
paragraph designations, above, was added to the quote]

Drawing up such a detailed script as this is not difficult if Sharon and
Peres are truly old friends who have made a point of meeting once a week in
their respective homes. Now, you can see a portion of what they have been
planning these many years. Once the Shinui party voted against Sharon's budget
proposals, the Prime Minister abruptly fired them from his cabinet. The way
is now clear for Sharon and Peres to form their unity government, a move which
will give the Israeli Government the strongest possible mandate from which
they will be able to force Unilateral Disengagement, even to the point of
carrying kicking and screaming Jewish settlers from their settlements. Even
though such a sight will greatly anger large portions of the Israeli electorate,
a National Unity Government will be able to stay in power, withstanding the
collective ire of a great portion of the population.

Remember the revelation from an IDF general about the degree separation of
populations which we quoted in last
week's newsletter:

""Brig.-Gen. Eival Gilady, the former head of the IDF's Strategic
Planning Division who devised what has become Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's
disengagement plan ... says that the fact that Israel will be leaving Gaza
should represent a real incentive for Palestinian reform ... He adds that
he sees the final route of the West Bank security barrier leaving some 90
percent of the West Bank, and 99.3 percent of the Palestinians,
on the far side, with '76 percent of the settlers... on the western side of
the fence'." [Emphasis added]

Just as Cutting Edge predicted in June, 1999, the original objective of the
Oslo Accords is to separate the populations. Fulfillment of Obadiah 15-18
draws ever closer.

NEWS BRIEF: "Hamas official: We will agree to two states, peace with
Israel", The Jerusalem Post, December 4, 2004

"In an apparent change in long-standing policy, a top Hamas leader in
the West Bank said Friday the group would accept the establishment of a Palestinian
state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as well as a long-term truce with Israel.
'Hamas has announced that it accepts a Palestinian independent state within
the 1967 borders with a long-term truce', Sheik Hassan Yousef told The Associated
Press, referring to lands Israel captured in the 1967 Six Day war."

Now, this is news, indeed! After decades of violently opposing Israel's basic
right to exist and expending much blood to achieve this goal, this top Hamas
leader is actually saying that Hamas wants peace with Israel and will recognize
her right to exist! Of course, no one in their right mind will ever believe
this to be true, but this dramatic and unprecedented announcement simply confirms
our analysis in the past that, once Arafat died, tremendous pressure began
to be exerted against Palestinian leaders to "not blow it", i.e.,
not take action which will prevent Israel from withdrawing her troops.

This is the light in which this bold assertion must be interpreted.

Jordan is now also getting into the act of promoting "peace" in
the region.

"Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in his first public comments on recent
diplomatic overtures coming from Damascus, said Thursday he would be willing
to meet Syrian President Bashar Assad if 'certain conditions are met' ...
enumerated a number of actions Damascus could take to show that it is serious.
These include closing the headquarters of terrorist organizations operating
in Damascus that provide financing and directions for attacks inside Israel;
closing down terrorist training bases on Syrian soil; kicking the Iranian
Revolutionary Guards, which serve as a pipeline between Hizbullah and Iran,
out of Lebanon; and allowing the Lebanese to deploy their troops in southern
Lebanon."

Sharon noted that the Syrian government had not yet taken even one action
which would indicate that it was serious about genuinely wanting peace.

"Syria wants to renew peace talks with Israel without preconditions
and no longer insists that talks should resume exactly where they left off
in 2000, its ambassador to London said on Friday. We are speaking of building
on what has been achieved, but we will not ask the Israelis to start exactly
where we have stopped," Sami Khiyami told Reuters in a telephone interview.

"We are saying we have no preconditions."

Khiyami said it would waste time if the two sides re launched talks from
scratch. "We should go into this as two mature states wishing to achieve
peace and prosperity in the Middle East."

However, one Israeli news source was not deceived as to how genuine Syria
truly is about wanting peace.

"JERUSALEM -- Syrian leaders on Tuesday confirmed they
had no interest in resuming peace talks with Israel unless Jerusalem first
acquiesced fully to their demand to fully withdraw from 100 percent of the
Golan Heights."

As always, the devil is in the details.

Egypt jumped into the fray, promoting peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

NEWS BRIEF: "Mubarak: Sharon can make peace", The Jerusalem Post,
December 2, 2004

"Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday described Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon as the Palestinians' best chance for peace. Mubarak's comments
echoed those of his foreign minister, who returned the day before from a rare
trip to Israel, that were strikingly upbeat and could mean warming relations
between the Jewish state and an important Middle East peace mediator at a
crucial time."

Don't you feel reassured to know that the stage is now set for a "warming"
of relations between Israel, Egypt, and the Palestinians?

As we reported last week, all the major Western powers suddenly descended
upon Israel right after Arafat's death, pushing President Bush's "Road
Map" for the creation of a Palestinian State, a vision which
includes an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and portions of the West
Bank. This push was so determined and so forceful that Sharon was able to
state again and again -- as we quoted above -- that the Unilateral Withdrawal
was going to occur -- even if Arafat was dead. As part of this sudden movement
toward "peace", Israel's arch enemy, Hamas, recently declared its
willingness to participate in a ceasefire -- a "hudna" ceasefire.

"Sheikh Hassan Yusef, head of the Hamas political bureau in Ramallah
said Monday that Hamas is willing to declare a 10 year hudna, or ceasefire.
In an interview with Israel Radio, the senior Hamas leader said that the Islamic
movement would consider committing to a ceasefire in order to ultimately join
a national unity government with the Palestinian leadership, as Hamas is interested
in playing an active role in the new Palestinian government and participating
in national decisions. a truce with Israel, Yusef said, would be dependant
on an end of the Israeli occupation of the territories, release of security
prisoners and "elimination of Israeli violence." When asked which
borders "occupation" was referring to, he said the borders of 1967,
not 1948."

What is a "hudna"? The Prophet Mohammed set forth a certain military
strategy of a practical ceasefire which he called 'hudna'. This is a temporary
and deceitful ceasefire agreement into which Muslims may enter if they are
facing a vastly superior foe. Muslims are allowed to make a "peace agreement"
with this superior foe, an agreement which will allow them the time to rebuild
their armed forces, while they are lulling their enemy to sleep; at the right
moment, Muslim fighters are to strike hard and without warning, in order to
destroy their enemy which had originally been too strong for them. This is
a "hudna", a deceitful strategy.

You can rest assured that a real "peace" will never occur in the
Middle East, as prophetic passages like Joel 2 and 3 clearly foretells. However,
the Bible does have two warnings related to "peace initiatives"
at the End of the Age. Please listen carefully:

* "For you yourselves know perfectly well
that the day of the return of the Lord will come as unexpectedly and suddenly
as a thief in the night. When people are saying, All is well and secure, and,
There is peace and safety, then in a moment unforeseen destruction (ruin and
death) will come upon them as suddenly as labor pains come upon a woman with
child; and they shall by no means escape, for there will be no escape."
(1 Thessalonians 5:2-3; Parallel
Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary]

* "And through his policy also he shall
cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart,
and by peace shall destroy many" (Dan 8:25)

"By peace he (Antichrist) shall destroy many".
Remember this verse during these difficult times which lie ahead.

III. The Pentagon was caught last week lying
boldly to CNN News during the attack on Fallujah! Cutting
Edge believed the Pentagon in February, 2003, when they announced that they
were going to be tightly controlling the flow of news to American outlets,
which is why we switched most of our Daily News Updates sources to foreign
sources. However, this is the first time the Pentagon has been caught actually
feeding lies to the major news sources.

"WASHINGTON — On the evening of Oct. 14, a young Marine spokesman
near Fallujah appeared on CNN and made a dramatic announcement.

"Troops crossed the line of departure," 1st Lt. Lyle Gilbert declared,
using a common military expression signaling the start of a major campaign.
"It's going to be a long night." CNN, which had been alerted to
expect a major news development, reported that the long-awaited offensive
to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah had begun. In fact, the Fallujah offensive
would not kick off for another three weeks. Gilbert's carefully worded announcement
was an elaborate psychological operation — or 'psy-op'— intended
to dupe insurgents in Fallujah and allow U.S. commanders to see how guerrillas
would react if they believed U.S. troops were entering the city, according
to several Pentagon officials. In the hours after the initial report, CNN's
Pentagon reporters were able to determine that the Fallujah operation had
not, in fact, begun."

A person can make the point that there were many times during World Wars
I and II when such deliberately misleading information was put forth by the
military in an effort to deceive the enemy and save the lives of our soldiers
-- and that person would be correct. However, Congress has never declared
war on Iraq, or Afghanistan, so we are fighting a military action which has
not been officially authorized.

But, the really important point here is that the major news sources run articles
every day bragging to the American people how much integrity they have and
how the news they are telling is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth. The vast majority of the American people have bought heavily into
this lie. I have actually had people tell me that they are so committed to
being an informed citizen that they do not miss a nightly broadcast of news
from ABC/CBS/NBC/Fox/CNN! They do not realize that most of the information
from these official Mass Media sites represent either falsehood masquerading
as news, or slanted news which encourages people to believe a falsehood. (Read
an account where CBS News was caught fabricating a news story - NEWS1151)

This L.A. Times story continues by telling us that this feeding of false
news to the major American outlets is occurring all the time. In fact, we
are told here that this type of planting of false information is NOT the same
type of effort we have undertaken in past wars in order to deceive the enemy!
Listen carefully:

"Officials at the Pentagon and other U.S. national security agencies
said the CNN incident was not an isolated feint — the type used throughout
history by armies to deceive their enemies — but part of a broad effort
underway within the Bush administration to use information to its advantage
in the war on terrorism. The Pentagon in 2002 was forced to shutter its controversial
Office of Strategic Influence (OSI), which was opened shortly after the Sept.
11 attacks, after reports that the office intended to plant false news stories
in the international media. But officials say that much of OSI's mission —
using information as a tool of war — has been assumed by other offices
throughout the U.S. government."

In too many instances in modern history, opponents of a particular government
action have relaxed once the government announced it was discontinuing a particular
action or program. These people then do not pay enough attention to realize
that the action they so adamantly opposed was simply renamed and/or transferred
to another government agency. This is exactly what happened when furore broke
out over the planned lying of the "Office of Strategic Influence (OSI)".

We encourage you to read this article in its entirety by clicking on the
headline in the News Brief, above, for you will discover that, within the
Pentagon, officials are arguing whether this type of lying really serves and
war effort well, or whether such tactics will blow up in the government's
face as American citizens lose faith in both their government and in the official
news stories.

The bottom line is this: we thank the L.A. Times for revealing to us all
that the "news" coming out of American Mass Media is very suspect,
for it is part of a "broad effort underway within the Bush administration
to use information to its advantage".

IV. Even as Russia struggles with the Ukrainian
election crisis, we learn that Russia and China are quickly forming a new
superpower alliance which is designed to counter the power of the United States. If this alliance becomes truly effective, it could spell trouble
for the Bush Administration.

"A new regional and super power coalition of India, China, Russia and
Brazil is making a huge difference. Russian President is in the zone to pull
Brazil in the coalition and influence on Chavez for mutual support. While
the whole world is focused on America and the Euro zone for the super power
challenges, both these powers are looking small when you combine the strength
of the new coalition Putin is building with India, China, Russia and Brazil.
Add to that, Venezuelan oil that supplies America a substantial crude oil,
and now you have the actual scenario of a confrontation. Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez is leveraging his country's oil resources to build new geopolitical
relationships with key regional powers like Russia, China, India and Brazil."

We have seen hints during this past year that Russia was attempting to develop
a superpower coalition which could effectively challenge the United States,
plus a resurgent European Union which is becoming more aggressive in it foreign
policy. Russia considers, for example, that the Ukrainian electoral crisis
has been created by Western Intelligence services in order to further NATO
aims in drawing the Ukraine into the European military alliance, and to strike
back at Russia for her opposition to Bush's invasion of Iraq.

As you examine this alliance, you will realize that these nations collectively
possess more population, more total Purchasing
Power Parity and more raw materials than either the European
Union or the United States. Russia and China both have significant reservoirs
of oil. and they are all modernizing very heavily. Russia and China are the
two major nations of the world which possess the deadly and unsurpassed Scalar
Weapons technology, which the United States cannot even begin
to match.

Venezuela not only possesses great oil reserves, but she feels threatened
by the policies of the Bush Administration, even to the point of publicly
warning the United States that she had better not invade (NEWS1900).
A story was breaking just today in which the Venezuela President Chavez was
accusing the United States of knowing of the subversive plot against him in
2002 -- Daily
News Updates, December 3, 2004.

Just this week, we read of a military and economic cooperation between Russia
and India.

"Russian President Vladimir Putin began a three-day visit to India on
Friday, his first in two years, seeking to provide new momentum to an old
friendship by expanding business, energy and traditional military ties, the
Reuters news agency reports ... Although the visit is part of an annual summit
between the two countries, hosted by the two capitals alternatively, Putin’s
talks will be the first with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s
communist-backed coalition, which took power in May."

Did you remember that the May elections resulted in a significant increase
in the political power of the Communist Party in India? This new Indian coalition
is dependent upon the Communists for support, which may be one of the reasons
India is now siding with Russia. However, the largest single force driving
India away from the United Sates is the Bush Administration's strong support
for Pakistan, India's arch enemy! The closer President Bush draws Pakistan
to his administration, the more angry and uneasy India becomes. Let us now
return to this article for even more information:

"Russia-India weapons trade will be a priority issue during Putin’s
visit to New Delhi, the Interfax news agency quoted a presidential aide as
saying ahead of his arrival in India. Sergei Prikhodko said that during 2003,
India was a recipient of more than 39 percent of Russian weapons exports worth
more than $2 billion ... On the eve of Putin’s visit, the defence ministers
of two countries announced a plan to jointly develop weapons systems. They
also said they were in talks to develop a new fighter jet, a multi-functional
transport plane and increase Russia’s stake in the joint venture Brahmos
cruise missile project. The two sides are also expected to discuss partnerships
between their oil and gas firms —- under which energy-hungry India can
tap Russia’s vast resources —- new banking arrangements and a
visa pact." (Ibid.)

India and Russia have planned major joint exercises for next year, signifying
another solid step forward in the reapproachment of these nations.

"Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters in New
Delhi on Tuesday that Russia and India were planning to hold joint exercises
of their airborne troops in 2005. 'At the end of next year joint exercises
of airborne troops will be held on Indian territory', the Russian minister
said. Ivanov also spoke highly about the prospects of Russian-Indian military-technical
cooperation."

Therefore, as you can see, India seems to be making a major effort to join
with Russia on many aspects, harkening back to the "bad old days"
when India was a strong supporter of the old Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(U.S.S.R.).

Therefore, the world now seems to be coalescing into three major geopolitical
blocks:

* United States and her allies

* European Union

* Coalition of Russia, China, India, Brazil, and Venezuela

The recipe for disaster between these three blocks seems high as the Bush
Administration vigorously pursues her effort to bring down regimes who cannot
participate in the global economy and government (Read NEWS1833)

V.
Is United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on his way out of office? If
he does leave, will Former President Bill Clinton take his post? As
the process continues to make the U.N. more credible and more like a global
government, I do have trouble seeing Kofi Annan as the Secretary General of
the future, but Clinton might bring the charisma and influence the world body
needs at this point.

Let us now examine some news articles in which it looks like Annan might
be under pressure to resign.

NEWS BRIEF: "Annan disappointed at his son receiving payments",
International News, November 30, 2004

"AP, UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was "very
disappointed and surprised" that his son had continued to receive payments
until this February from a firm that had a contract with Iraq's oil-for-food
programme, the subject of numerous corruption investigations ... on Friday,
UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said Kojo Annan's lawyer had informed the independent
panel appointed by the secretary-general to investigate allegations of corruption
in the oil-for-food programme that the younger Annan continued to receive
monthly payments through February 2004. The disclosure was the latest embarrassment
for Annan and the United Nations over the humanitarian programme that was
instituted in December 1996 to help Iraqis cope with sanctions imposed after
Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait."

For months now, this crisis has simmered on the back burner, threatening
to engulf Annan's office. The key allegation is that the humanitarian program
instituted by the United Nations in December, 1996, to soften the economic
and humanitarian blows which U.N. sanctions had created in Iraq was in fact,
a huge kick-back scheme in which certain U.N. officials received very large
sums of money in exchange for looking the other way when Saddam violated the
rules laid down for him. Annan's son has been implicated in this scheme for
a very long time. Now, Kofi has been forced to admit that his son had been
on the take all along.

Notice now how the various departments and/or officials of the United States
are jumping on the anti-Annan bandwagon.

"The US senator leading an investigation into the United Nations’
oil-for-food programme in Iraq today called on secretary-general Kofi Annan
to resign.

Writing in today’s Wall Street Journal, Sen Norm Coleman argues that
Annan should step down because 'the most extensive fraud in the history of
the UN occurred on his watch. In addition, and perhaps more importantly, as
long as Mr Annan remains in charge, the world will never be able to learn
the full extent of the bribes, kickbacks and under-the-table payments that
took place under the UN’s collective nose'."

As you can see, the broad blame for this scandal is being laid at Annan's
doorstep!

"WASHINGTON -- The State Department on Wednesday endorsed a Senate investigation
into possible fraud in the U.N. oil-for-food program while sidestepping a
senator's demand that Secretary-General Kofi Annan resign ... The program,
begun in 1996, let Iraq sell its oil, provided that the revenue went for food,
medicine and other necessities. Last month, the Senate Governmental Affairs
subcommittee on investigations said it had uncovered evidence that Saddam
Hussein's government had raised more than $21.3 billion in illegal revenue
by subverting U.N. penalties, including the restrictive oil-for-food program."

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush called for a "full
and open" accounting of Iraq's now-defunct oil-for-food program
following accusations Iraqi President Saddam Hussein illegally reaped billions
of dollars from it because of Annan's lack of oversight."

"New York - Britain, Germany, France, Russia, and China rallied around
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday, but American
President George Bush refused to explicitly endorse the UN chief under fire
for suspected corruption in an Iraqi-oil sales programme ... Asked by a reporter
whether Annan should resign, Bush did not answer directly ... US officials
said the administration was in no hurry to defend Annan because of differences
on Iraq, especially his reluctance to field more election staff."

Now, at least we know that President Bush is less than pleased by the policies
of Kofi Annan, particularly his opposition to Bush's invasion of Iraq. However,
each of the countries listed above -- except Great Britain -- also vehemently
opposed the Iraqi war.

Here is how the scenario might develop: After much wrangling and much release
of ever-increasing damaging information, Kofi Annan suddenly resigns. Perhaps
he cites the best interests of his family, particularly if his son is so implicated
in this scheme that he is indicted on criminal charges. At that point, key
countries of the Security Council will embark upon a campaign to select the
next Secretary General. Since the U.N. is undergoing a dramatic transformation
from a raucous debating society with no real power to a fully-functioning,
powerful global government, the next leader must possess inherent charisma
and be a proven leader on the world stage. I just cannot see Kofi Annan fulfilling
this type of leadership role.

Will Former President Bill Clinton be tapped as the next Secretary-General,
the type of leader who will lead the world organization into the New World
Order? Since Clinton left office, we have heard numerous stories suggesting
he was being groomed to be the next Secretary General. If Bill Clinton is
planned to be the next Secretary General, then the results of the 2004 American
Presidential Election makes more sense. As Bill Clinton begins to serve in
this U.N. office, the Iraq war is going to become more and more bloody, and
more and more of a problem on the world stage. Might it not be embarrassing
for a U.N. Secretary General Bill Clinton to have his old friend and equally
Liberal Democrat, John Kerry, at the helm of this bloody war? Might the scenario
work out better for the U.N. and its new leader if President Bush remains
at the helm? This latter scenario would allow Clinton to take the role of
worthy combatant against a United States President increasingly under fire
for his disastrous wars in the Middle East.

And, if the World Court ever moves to indict either President Bush or some
of his officials for War Crimes, having Clinton as the international leader
fighting against the President might be just the right scenario. But, you
protest, there is no way either Bush or any of his officials might be charged
and tried in an World Court for War Crimes. Just such a criminal complaint
was filed against U.S. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld this past week.

"US constitutional rights lawyers say they have filed a criminal complaint
against the US Defence Secretary. Donald Rumsfeld and others are named in
the complaint, lodged in Germany, over the abuses in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
It comes as the New York Times reports the Red Cross has told the Pentagon
that US military methods at Guantanamo Bay have been 'tantamount to torture'
... The International Committee of the Red Cross criticized the psychological,
and sometimes physical, coercion used. The New York Times also said the ICRC
found earlier this year that some doctors and medical workers helped plan
interrogations of detainees 'in a flagrant violation of medical ethics' ...
The complaint has been filed with the German federal prosecutor by the New
York-based Center for Constitutional Rights. "

"As well as Donald Rumsfeld, those named in the complaint include the
former CIA director, George Tenet, and the former senior US commander in Iraq,
Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez. The group says it chose Germany because
it has legislation allowing the prosecution of war crimes and human rights
violations across national boundaries."

I find it highly interesting that American Constitutional Rights Lawyers
filed their motion in Germany, where Anti-Americanism is very high, second
only to France. During the time leading up to the invasion of Iraq, Germany
and France led the fight against Bush's efforts to gain United Nations approval.
Certainly, if this case had been filed in an American court, the judge(s)
would have thrown the case out, since all judges at a Federal level have been
appointed by the Executive Office.

If this case goes forward, it will be heard ultimately in the World Court;
we have been warning against the World Court for a very long time, because
it intrinsically impinges upon American sovereignty. If you have not yet read
our postings on the dangers of the World Court, please take a moment to do
so now.

* NEWS1168
-- SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE
ALBRIGHT URGES VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TO SURRENDER SOVEREIGNTY TO THE WORLD COURT"

* NEWS1195
-- "UNITED
NATIONS ESTABLISHES GLOBAL JUDICIAL TRIBUNAL, A HUGE STEP TOWARD NEW WORLD
ORDER AND ITS ANTICHRIST"

We have been wondering how long it might take before the International Community
tries to bring President Bush and his officials into the World Court for criminal
charges. After all, many in the International Community have strongly opposed
Bush's Iraq invasion and its terrible aftermath. Further, Bush and the Coalition
Forces have killed over 100,000
civilians and have permanently polluted the entire country with
Depleted
Uranium.

If President Bush were ever to be indicted by the World Court, and if Former
President Clinton were to be the United Nations Secretary General, the conflict
between these two men would be titanic! Bush would resist the summons by the
World Court, while Clinton would adamantly insist he comply. This script would
be very interesting to watch.

VI. Iran seemed to be tweaking the nose of
that superpower, America, last week regarding her uranium enrichment program.
Several times, the U.N.'s IAEA announced that Iran had complied with the demands
of the world body to cease enrichment activities, only to have a top-ranked
Iranian official state that Iran had no intention of stopping their program!
Why was Iran deliberately provoking the United States?

But, suddenly, Iran's provocation must have reached a new height, for a top
U.S. general abruptly went public with a warning not to underestimate America's
military power, even though we are tied down on two fronts -- Iraq and Afghanistan.
Listen:

"DOHA, Qatar — A top U.S. commander is warning Iran and others
against thinking they can exploit the U.S. military because its ground troops
are fighting two major missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. 'Why the Iranians
would want to move against us in an overt manner that would cause us to use
our air or naval power against them would be beyond me', Army Gen. John Abizaid,
the head of U.S. Central Command, said in an interview ... Abizaid, the top
commander for Afghanistan and Iraq, said any nation perceiving a weakness
in the U.S. military should think twice.

" 'We can generate more military power per square inch than anybody
else on Earth, and everybody knows it', Abizaid said. 'If you ever even contemplate
our nuclear capability, it should give everybody the clear understanding that
there is no power that can match the United States militarily'."

These statements are stunning, so we must address what we have just learned:

1) General Abizaid stated that Iran was wanting to "move against us
in an overt manner". This statement unmistakably implies that Iran had
just threatened the United States with action that would cause us to militarily
react. The Iranian leadership is not stupid, nor are they incompetent; on
the contrary, they have proven themselves to be wily and tough. How could
they possibly be so emboldened as to threaten United States' interests?

2) General Abizaid is threatening to use all ranges of military power against
Iran, including nuclear weapons. Whatever Iran's threat against us was, it
was sufficient to cause this kind of powerful reaction from our top general
in the region.

How could Iran be this bold? I can only believe she has backing from another
power -- Russia and China come to mind. Both are armed with Scalar
Weaponry, which is far superior to any weapons we possess, and
Russia, Germany and France issued an ultimatum
to President Bush on April 12, 2003, that they would not tolerate
another U.S. invasion of another country in the Middle East. With this kind
of military backing, Iran may have secretly threatened the United States should
we attempt an air attack against her nuclear facilities. After all, it was
Iran who spearheaded the tactic of defeating America in Iraq using the "lighting
many fires" strategy.

For the record, this entire back-and-forth rhetoric about Iran being close
to producing a nuclear bomb is simply scripted, for Iran has already possessed
nuclear weapons, since June, 2002 ("Russian
General Confirms Iran Has Nuclear Weapons", by STRATFOR
Intelligence, Week of June 4, 2002)

VII. Iraq continued to shed blood and tears
last week as the war shows no sign of letting up. The specter of the January
30, 2005, elections is starting to loom large over the national landscape.
Since there are so many stories, we
shall just list them with a minimum of copy and commentary, hotlinking the
title of the article so you can read it in full if you wish.

* "Violence
in Baghdad kills at least 25" -- "Guerrillas have stormed
a police station in southern Baghdad and detonated a car bomb outside a Shi'ite
Muslim mosque in a tense northern area of the capital in attacks that killed
at least 25 people ... (December 3, 2004)

* "200
Iranians volunteer for suicide attacks" -- "Some 200
masked young men and women gathered at a Tehran cemetery Thursday to pledge
their willingness to carry out suicide bomb attacks against Americans in Iraq
and Israelis." (December 2, 2004) NOTE: See how the level of hatred against
Western countries is rising in countries outside Iraq?

* "Iraq's
Christian Minority Under Threat as Never Before" -- "After
decades of living in relative harmony with the country's Muslim majority,
Iraq's Christian minority says it is under threat as never before, with increasing
violence directed at its places of worship and a building exodus of its 800,000
or so members. Already an estimated one of every 10 Iraqi Christians
has fled the country, most of them to neighboring Syria." (November 30,
2004) NOTE: This story again illustrates the hatred toward Christianity because
of our invasion. Why should we be surprised, since the perception is that
an Islamic nation has been brutally invaded and occupied by a Christian nation?

These fifteen stories are just a handful of war stories from Iraq in this
past week, and are listed here so you can appreciate the severity of the military
and political situation in this beleagured nation. The situation is getting
no better, despite our military success in specific cities in which we have
attacked in the past 30 days. In the time period leading up to the January
30, 2005, elections, might we see a major "Tet Offensive" type of
attack?

VIII. American soldiers fighting in Depleted
Uranium battlefields are called "Throw-Away Soldiers".

NEWS BRIEF: "The Futile and Criminal Obliteration of Fallujah",
by Christopher Bollyn, American Free Press, 2 December 2004

"Having seen what appeared to be a depleted uranium (DU) missile fired
at a building in Fallujah on CNN during the first week of the fighting, AFP
asked the Pentagon if DU weapons are being used in Fallujah. 'Yes', Yoswa
said, 'DU is a standard round on the M-1 Abrams tank'. Because U.S. marines
in Fallujah are very close to the poison gas produced by exploded DU shells,
AFP asked Yoswa if anything was being done to protect the troops from DU poisoning.
Yoswa seemed unaware of the dangers posed by the use of DU."

"Marion Fulk, a retired nuclear scientist from Livermore National Lab
told AFP that U.S. troops in DU contaminated battlefields are considered "throw-away
soldiers." The Marines exposed to DU in Fallujah, and elsewhere, face
greatly increased risks of cancer, deformed children, and other health problems
in the future."

As harsh as this statement by Marion Fulk seems at first glance, this charge
is exactly the term a retired Army Major used in March, 2003, during a phone
call to me in describing the attitude the Pentagon had developed toward soldiers
in the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. Remember, in February, 2004,
the Pentagon did something it had never done; it replaced an entire army with
an entirely fresh army. Why did it do this? The best guess is that Pentagon
officers knew that enough men in the original invading force were getting
sick from D.U. poisoning that an entirely fresh infusion of forces was required.
Now, this fresh army has been in the battlefield for nine months, and is in
dire need of being replaced, for the very same reasons.

---------Conclusion----------------"Let
me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn." Ruth 2:2

Downcast
and troubled Christian, come and glean to-day in the broad field of promise.
Here are abundance of precious promises, which exactly meet thy wants. Take
this one: "He will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking
flax." Doth not that suit thy case? A reed, helpless, insignificant,
and weak, a bruised reed, out of which no music can come; weaker than weakness
itself; a reed, and that reed bruised, yet, He will not break thee; but on
the contrary, will restore and strengthen thee. Thou art like the smoking
flax: no light, no warmth, can come from thee; but He will not quench thee;
He will blow with His sweet breath of mercy till He fans thee to a flame.
Wouldst thou glean another ear? "Come unto Me all ye that labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

What soft words! Thy heart is tender, and the Master knows it, and therefore
He speaketh so gently to thee. Wilt thou not obey Him, and come to Him even
now? Take another ear of corn: "Fear not, thou worm Jacob, I will help
thee, saith the Lord and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel." How canst
thou fear with such a wonderful assurance as this? Thou mayest gather ten
thousand such golden ears as these! "I have blotted out thy sins like
a cloud, and like a thick cloud thy transgressions." Or this, "Though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as wool." Or this, "The Spirit and the
Bride say, Come, and let him that is athirst come, and whosoever will let
him take the water of life freely." Our Master's field is very rich;
behold the handfuls. See, there they lie before thee, poor timid believer!
Gather them up, make them thine own, for Jesus bids thee take them. Be not
afraid, only believe! Grasp these sweet promises, thresh them out by meditation
and feed on them with joy. [C.H. Spurgeon, "Morning
and Evening Devotions"]